Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 27 09:51:08 EST 2002 | Claude_Couture
I have worked with 4c's for two years. The feeders are "tinker toys" with a mechanism that slips, so the pick-up has to be adjusted several times as the reel is used, especially with 13" reels. The worm gear was plastic on the steel shaft of the moto
Electronics Forum | Mon Nov 18 12:07:02 EST 2002 | smckee
It would have to be really CHEAP! I ran one a few years ago, had 3 4C's gained together. Always had problem with the software and it was a high maintenance machine. Never had such problems with Mydata, Phillips or Zevatech. Also, it seemed I alwa
Electronics Forum | Fri Nov 29 08:36:07 EST 2002 | Jeff Park
They have there strong points and weak ones. I have worked with them for the last 5 years and have seen some flakey problems (Cables, feeders, encoders) that will cause you some down time but if you get a good price on a system it might be worth it.
Electronics Forum | Wed Nov 27 18:10:41 EST 2002 | andrewbrook
Quad4C's have their moments. If the price is right and you are aware of the machines limitations then you will be satisfied. The placement rate is slow, 1.2 seconds/chip. Don't buy any Quad if it has the CyberOptics Laser unit, the Quadalign unit is
Electronics Forum | Thu May 20 10:01:23 EDT 2010 | jmw
Just a slight correction....the quad align card is located at the back rear right of the machine (in a cage). If it is a cyber-optics 4c machine....the laser align card is in the front card rack to the far left.
Electronics Forum | Mon Mar 28 10:26:55 EDT 2011 | miroyu
Hello everyone . I received lot of help from people of this forum for which I want to say "thank you" guys. I had problem whit initialization of my Quad 4C which just sits for 2 years after purchase. I manage to locate problem with laser diode on pla
Electronics Forum | Wed Feb 23 15:07:58 EST 2005 | bobpan
Hello C.B. I am a former trainer/fse for that machine and still have a q1000 bible for fixing problems. I think the machine may need servo tuned to which there is a procedure that i would have to find. First thing to do though, is to drop the machine
Electronics Forum | Wed Apr 11 00:40:19 EDT 2012 | ngineer
I have a problem setting up the LAE on my Quad 4c. I set it up for 0805, and it seems to work, although it rejects a lot of parts, at least it places "most" of them. I tried setting up on a soic14, and could not get even one to pass. I believe I h
Electronics Forum | Wed Sep 04 12:55:51 EDT 2019 | dwl
Sounds like its just rejecting parts. Either the length and width of the component is wrong or the tolerance is set too tight. I don't remember the function codes to edit the tolerance but I left them at 30% (the max) and never had any problems with
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 24 14:52:24 EST 2020 | bobpan
Good job, For the comm errors i would try: 1. Reseat all the cables that plug into the white multiplexer that is attached to the back of the computer. 2. Reseat the EPCU card down inside the machine. good luck, Merry Xmas, Bob
